SBD wrote:
David Richerby wrote:
Beliavsky wrote:
I want to teach my son to keep score using long algebraic notation,

Why? Why not teach him to use the notation that's used in all the
books?

I think that some of the Russians - again I am relying on memory -
like Botvinnik (?) preferred long algebraic; at least one of the
arguments was for accuracy and perhaps even better visualization of
"the board in your head" - and of course, if you know long
algebraic, short shouldn't be hard to read....

Dvoretsky's columns at chesscafe.com use long algebraic for the main
line and short algebraic for the notes, which would tend to support
your recollection.


Dave.

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